Table 67. Summary by Legal Status For Tax Purposes: 2012 (continued) 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Item 
Total 
Family or 
individual 
Partnership 
Total 
Registered 
under 
state law 
LIVESTOCK - Con. 
Cattle and calves inventory - Con. 
Farms with- - Con. 
200 to 499 
232 
175 
35 
25 
500 or more 
64 
39 
16 
16 
Cows and heifers that calved farms 
10,388 
9,684 
489 
327 
number 
201,493 
173,039 
20,064 
16,047 
Beef cows farms 
10,156 
9,493 
466 
311 
number 
191,398 
166,697 
18,231 
14,610 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
4,814 
4,591 
158 
95 
1 0 to 49 
4,599 
4,294 
206 
133 
50 to 99 
508 
434 
59 
48 
100 to 199 
158 
123 
24 
17 
200 to 499 
68 
45 
16 
15 
500 or more 
9 
6 
3 
3 
Milk cows farms 
438 
370 
41 
28 
number 
10,095 
6,342 
1,833 
1,437 
Farms with- 
1 to 9 
311 
276 
20 
13 
1 0 to 49 
56 
48 
8 
5 
50 to 99 
41 
32 
5 
4 
100 to 199 
21 
11 
6 
4 
200 to 499 
9 
3 
2 
2 
500 or more 
- 
Other cattle (see text) farms 
9,651 
9,003 
455 
318 
number 
213,415 
178,548 
22,941 
18,750 
Cattle and calves sold farms 
10,032 
9,341 
496 
337 
number 
250,073 
212,062 
23,379 
18,365 
$1,000 
217,411 
179,708 
21,211 
17,003 
Calves weighing less than 500 pounds farms 
4,755 
4,420 
240 
159 
number 
45,445 
39,544 
3,842 
2,975 
Cattle, including calves weighing 
500 pounds or more farms 
8,772 
8,133 
454 
315 
number 
204,628 
172,518 
19,537 
15,390 
Cattle on feed (see text) farms 
183 
158 
17 
16 
number 
9,255 
7,881 
1,002 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs inventory farms 
725 
662 
47 
43 
number 
5,873 
5,236 
415 
391 
Farms with- 
1 to 24 
684 
626 
45 
41 
25 to 49 
24 
22 
1 
1 
50 to 99 
12 
10 
- 
- 
100 to 199 
3 
2 
1 
1 
200 to 499 
2 
2 
- 
- 
500 or more 
" 
- 
- 
- 
Used or to be used for breeding farms 
335 
302 
29 
28 
number 
1,362 
1,221 
127 
(D) 
Other hogs and pigs farms 
584 
533 
35 
31 
number 
4,511 
4,015 
288 
(D) 
Hogs and pigs sold farms 
624 
577 
28 
23 
number 
8,712 
8,043 
413 
385 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
96 
92 
Sheep and lambs inventory (see text) farms 
1,043 
967 
54 
37 
number 
31,630 
28,421 
1,912 
1,088 
Ewes 1 year old or older farms 
842 
786 
41 
28 
number 
19,901 
17,906 
1,387 
705 
Sheep and lambs sold farms 
721 
671 
39 
28 
number 
20,704 
17,842 
1,369 
668 
Total horses and ponies inventory farms 
5,337 
5,018 
184 
139 
number 
26,467 
24,032 
1,075 
771 
Owned horses and ponies 
inventory farms 
5,031 
4,743 
169 
126 
number 
23,007 
21,179 
849 
587 
Owned horses and ponies sold farms 
838 
777 
34 
26 
number 
2,315 
1,984 
(D) 
120 
Goats, all inventory farms 
1,586 
1,488 
73 
43 
number 
18,825 
17,518 
(D) 
596 
Goats, all sold farms 
771 
735 
31 
16 
number 
7,895 
7,423 
380 
210 
POULTRY 
Layers inventory (see text) farms 
2,991 
2,803 
115 
86 
number 
1,113,238 
810,831 
150,036 
(D) 
Farms with- 
1 to 399 
2,912 
2,744 
107 
79 
400 to 3,199 
9 
6 
- 
- 
3,200 to 9,999 
14 
11 
1 
- 
10,000 to 19,999 
42 
35 
3 
3 
20,000 to 49,999 
14 
7 
4 
4 
50,000 to 99,999 
- 
- 
- 
- 
100,000 or more 
- 
" 
- 
- 
Pullets for laying flock replacement 
inventory farms 
357 
340 
10 
7 
number 
708,412 
619,315 
88,382 
(□) 
See footnote(s) at end of table. -continued 
150 West Virginia 2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
